Jack Ma buys $76M of Alibaba shares as founder, execs back AI bet
Insider buying can demonstrate conviction; it cannot by itself prove that Alibaba’s AI investments will generate attractive returns.
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Today’s Yangtze funding roundup: Optical interconnect, MicroLED display…
Optical interconnect and micro-display startups raised fresh capital to accelerate product commercialization and core technology development.
Unitree has won the robot race. Now it needs a brain — badly
Founder Wang Xingxing has acknowledged as much, calling generalization the industry’s biggest bottleneck.
Alibaba DAMO Academy launches AI model to spot tiny liver tumors
Since April 2025, the research arm has released AI models targeting four major cancers — pancreatic, gastric, colorectal and liver cancer.
Hangzhou fair to put Token economy at heart of global AI trade
The event will also bring together Hangzhou’s “Six Little Dragons” and the “New Eight Stallions” for the first time.
Alibaba execs buy HK$120M as shares tumble 8.5% after $10M placement
The market’s reaction reflects the tension between Alibaba’s long-term AI strategy and its near-term financial burden.
PrimeBot opens preorders for Q1, T1 as humanoids enter consumer market
The company’s key technical bet is a Transformer-based architecture that allows the same hardware to operate across the two configurations.
Alibaba’s Wan3.0 turns slides and spreadsheets into 30-second videos
This helps to address a persistent problem with AI-generated video: maintaining continuity across a sequence.
DeepSeek makes weekends half-price in latest API pricing tweak
Under the revised rules, effective from midnight Beijing time on Aug. 23, DeepSeek no longer distinguishes between peak and off-peak hours on weekends.
Alibaba raises $10.2 billion in record HK share sale to fund AI push
The fundraising comes as Alibaba enters an AI investment window defined by accelerating revenue but mounting pressure on profits.